August 01, 1914

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Features

Recent American and European Express Locomotives, Tuning Up the Cup Defenders, and more

The "America's" Developments of the Past Week, Cottonseed Meal as a Substitute for Meat, and more

By the Staff Correspondent at Hammondsport

The Elephant Butte Dam

The Greatest Irrigation Enterprise in America

The Great Cofferdam for the Hudson River Piers, The Largest Fore-and-Aft Sailing Yacht

By Robert G. Skerrett

Air Pressure in the Subway

By Frederic Campbell

Fog and Marine Disasters, Bringing a Rudderless Ship into Port, and more

By Félix Bertyn

Will the Cyclecar Come into its Own?

Possibilities and Limitations of the Light Vehicle in This Country

By John S. Harwhite

Super-high Velocity Cartridges and Three-barrel Guns

By Frank C. Perkins

Desiccated and Frozen Eggs

By Otto Maurer

Pending Applications in the Patent Office and how they are Being Handled

Departments

Letters

Correspondence- August 1, 1914

Recommended

New Books, Etc.- August 1, 1914

Departments

The Heavens in August

Inventions New and Interesting- August 1, 1914

Recently Patented Inventions- August 1, 1914

Notes and Queries- August 1, 1914

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